Plan some covid concert programs!

[Brian]

Inspired by DavidW:

That could be a fun thread topic.  Do to covid restrictions you have less than 20 performers.  What do you play?

You're running a symphony or chamber symphony and have to restrict seating on the stage. What repertoire do you want to play?

[Todd]

Quatuor pour la fin du temps and Schnittke's Piano Quintet.

[Brian]

"Nine's Company"

Farrenc - Nonet
Martinu - Nonet
Brahms - Nonet (original version of Serenade No. 1)

"Mostly Cellos"

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Francaix - Aubade
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas brasileiras No. 5
Poulenc/Riniker - Figure humaine (arrangement for 12 cellos)

"A Night at the Symphony...Just Smaller"

Haydn - Symphony No. 80
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartok - Divertimento

"Super Sad Hour for Emo Kids"

Barber - Adagio
Beethoven/Mahler - String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso"
R. Strauss - Metamorphosen

If the Beethoven quartet is too lighthearted, sub in Mahler/Stadlmair - Adagio from Symphony No. 10 arranged for string orchestra.

[Mirror Image]

Interesting program ideas, Brian. I would actually attend all of those concerts!

Here's another possible idea:

Exotic Visions from the Americas

Castillo: Invocation
Forsyth: Sketches from Natal
Bernstein: Halil

-Intermission-

Ginastera: Cantata para América mágica

[Brahmsian]

"Nine's Company"

Farrenc - Nonet

Heard this last week for Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra livestream concert. What a nice treat!

[DavidW]

String Octet evening!
Mendelssohn
Gade
Enescu